Food cereal and process of making the same.



E. B. COX. EooD CEEEAL 4END PROCESS 0E MAKING THE SAME.

1 Patented M3112, 1915. i

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1913. l, l 30,575.

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EZEKIEL B. COX, OF NEWTOWN, PENNSYLVANLA, ASSIG-NOR T0 NEWTOWN CUT WHEAT CEREAL AND TRADING'COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA.

FOOD CEREALI AND PROCESS OF MAKING' THE SAME.

T0 all whom imag concern:

Be it known that I, EZEKIEL B: Cox, a citizen of the United States, residmg at Newtown, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Food Cereals and Processes of Making the Same, of wliich the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a vwhole wheat cereal composed of wheat berries nely divided with particles of the husk or bran attached to the particles of the whole Wheat substance or meat. These bran or husk parpresent invention, and I have therefore'inl dicated an apparatus diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings.l

My invention involves also the process by which I obtain certain by-products consisting of whole wheat flour and Graham flour,

as will be explained hereinafter.

In thev drawing 1 represents a bin from which the supply of clean wheat is drawn to carry out my process. From this binthe Wheat is delivered into the first one of a series of cutting machines A. Each of these cutting machines is designed to cut or slice the wheat berries or portions of wheat berries, theyv being of like construction but graded as to the fineness of their cutting action on the grain, the one at the left being adapted to cut each grain yin half and transversely while the next cutting machine at the right is adapted to receive sections of the berries of the size into which they are cut by the first machine and to divide these sections again, and each cutter toward the right therefor is adapted to cut the granules to a finer state than the preceding cutter.

The articular form of the cutting machines orms no part of my present invention, but I would state that the cutter employed may be of the general character of that disclosed in Letters Patent of Pryor 279,594, June 19, 1883, employing knives for slicing the grain, as distinguished from Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, i915.

Application led September 25, 1913. Serial No. 791,812.

an apparatus for reducing the grain by abrading or grinding.

The first cutting machine severs the grain transversely into two pieces and this cut grain is then passed from the cutting machine to a bolting cylinder, for instance as shown at B. The lines having the arrow `heads thereon indicate the passage of material through the apparatus. In passing through the bolting reel B any of the granules which may have been sliced or cut, to the proper degree` of ineness for the final cereal product with bran attached, are separated from the mass and are conducted by a conveyer, indicated at b, to a receptacle for the final product or cereal indicated at C. rIhe granules which are too large to pass through'the screen cloth of this bolt B are passed to the second cutting machine by conveyer b. Any granules which are small enough to pass through the bolting section marked wire #18, may be passed to a bin C2 for cut Wheat, i. e. the product consist-l ing of the sliced wheat having the bran attached, this product being of larger grain than that which it is desired to recover as the finished cereal, or what I term Weatal and which isconveyed to the hopper C, as above described, from the finer screen section of the bolt B and from other bolts as will be described.

The granules which pass from the end of the bolting reel B instead of being led to the second cutting machine, z'. e.v 2, may be deiected by a suitable vgate at 5 to go to a a gate at 6; From the third section mark cut wheat bin C for use as a coarse #00 of/bolt B the cereal of proper ineness for the final product also goes to the hopper C by the conveyer b. Any flour which is delivered through the screen cloth of the bolt B is'passed by the conveyer b2 to the bin C3 for entire wheat Hour.l VIt will be understood that'the bolting reel B is comosed of. sections having screen'cloth of diferent degrees of ineness to permit the dif- Q I nieder@ ferent" materials to pass through. Any coarse Hour which passes through the section of bolt B marked #0 passes along conveyer b3 to the smooth rolls at D is reduced here and delivered as ne iiour by conveyer or spout b4 to the entire Wheat bin C3. Any bran which may have become detached from the particles of cereal and passes through the last section #0000 of this bolting reel B, is delivered to the French bur' E Where this material is reduced for subsequent use in making Graham flour. The material from the French bur is led back to the bolting reel B so as to recover any granules with bran attached suitable for the final cereal product.

Any cereal granules with bran attached which passes through bolt B and is delivered from the end thereof, passes back to cutting machine #2 and from here is delivered to bolt B2 and any granules which pass entirely through bolt B2 and are delivered from the end thereof pass to the cutting machine #3 and are delivered from here, after being further sliced or reduced, to the bolt` B3 and this same action may be carried out by passing the granules through successive cutting machines and bolts securing a tiner reduction each time, and each bolting action separating out from the mass of material those granules of proper neness for the final cereal product for delivery into the hopper C. For this purpose each of the bolting reels delivers into a conveyer connected with the conveyer b leading to the hopper C. l have shown five such bolts, B, B, B2, B3, B4, but anyV desired number may be used. Each of the bolts B to BL is connected to the conveyer b2 to convey entire wheat flour to the entire Wheat flour bin. Any bran screened through the last section of each of the bolts B to B4 is delivered to the French bur E to be passed back through the system with any large granules for treatment again. rl`he residue from the bolt B4, that is the material discharged from the end of this bolt, is passed to bran roll F where it is reduced and sent to the bran bolt, so marked in the draw- `ing, and here the flour of dierent grades is separated, the finer flour being passed immediately to the entire wheat bin and the coarser flour being passed to the smooth roll D to be reduced and sentto the entire wheat bin G3. rlihe bran from the bran bolt is passed to the bin C4 and this bran may be mixed with the entire wheat Hour in ny suitable manner for forming Graham our.

lltl will be seen that b my treatment the grain is reduced' to a ely divided state, the berries being cut, not mashed, and by such cutting the small granules have the same proportion of bran which the grain contains before cutting. lurtienerY the. proportions of bran and flour separated from the cereal are the same as exist in the whole grain By my finely divided cereal composed of the wheat meat granules and the bran maintaining its natural attachment to the granules, l provide a food cereal containing all the natural and wholesome qualities and in which the .constituents will be in proper proportion and also one having certain physical advantages, for it will be noticed that although the granules will be only of the size, say, of coarse sand the bran will remain distributed in proper proportion throughout the mass because of its attachment to the granules, and this proper distribution will be maintained in handling or transporting the product or in cooking it. lin other Words there will be no stratifying of the mass by the collection of bran in one g5 layer and the Wheat meat at another.

From the vveatal7 hopper C the finely divided cereal is passed to a sterilizer Gr which may be yof anysuitable construction, Where the granules with bran attached is 9e 'subjected to a heat of about 300 Fahrenheit. 'lhis machine has a horizontal cylinder whichrevolves and exposes the cereal to the above heat until all moisture is eX- tracted and the cereal is browned enough to es give it a nutty flavor. yAll trace of animal life is destroyed. Aftersterilizing is completed the cereal which becomes highly heated is cooled at' once to prevent further roasting. 'llhisris done by passing the stock me through a purifier H which contains a shaking screen. A strong air draft is drawn through the purifier Aby a suction fan'operated from above, which draws the air up through the screen and cereal as it is sifted, dos thus cooling it completely. At the same time all light and Huy materials are drawn oii, leaving the cereal in a perfectly clean and finished condition. rll`his goes to the bin C5 and is the commercial cereal article. rllhe M0 dust goes to the collector C and the chad to the bin C7.

'llhe sterilizing and purifying steps ot my process described above do not ydetach the bran from the wheat granules, the roa'st- M5 ing and purifyin actions taking place both upon the attache bran and the wheat granules.

ll claim as my invention:

l. A food cereal consisting of wheat 12o berries sliced or cut into a finely divided state with bran articles maintained on the wheat granules (if natural attachment, said cereal being free from iour, substantially as described. M5

2. A food cereal consisting of wheat berries sliced or cut into a finely divided state with bran particles maintained on the wheat granules by natural attachment, said granules with the attached bran being is@ roasted, and thereby rendered* ready for subsequent cooking, substantially as described. A

3. A food cereal consisting of Wheat berries sliced yor cut transversely With the bran naturally attached to the sliced granules.

4. A food cereal consisting of a mass o Wheat berries inely divided by slicing or cutting and freed from flour, said mass having bran evenly distributed throughout the same and naturally. attached to the sliced Wheat'gianu'les, substantially as described.

5. lThe herein described process consisting in slicing Wheat berries. and their attached husks to form granules With naturally attached bran, screening oi the flour and bran that becomes detached, and roasting the Wheat granules together with the bran maintained thereon by natural attachment,

'attached husk particles.

In testimony whereof, I afli'X my signature 35 in presence of two Witnesses.

. EZEKIEL B. COX. Witnesses:

A. E. GIRTON, ROLAND ToMLINsoN. 

